By Randall Jobe |  Music Box Theatre wants to take you back to the 1950s with its high-energy production of Shake, Rattle and Roll. This nostalgic blend of ’50s music stars ensemble members Rebekah Dahl, Brad Scarborough, Cay Taylor and Luke Wrobel, with special guest John Gremillion. Through June 10. Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m.

Playwright Lawrence Wright joins director Bob Balaban to stage Cleo, chronicling the titanic love affair between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton that started during the filming of the 1963 movie Cleopatra, and the worldwide scandal that followed. Cleo plays at the Alley Theatre’s Hubbard Theatre April 6 through April 29, 2018. Taylor and Burton’s relationship

By Randall Jobe Stages Repertory Theatre presents local favorite, actress Sally Edmundson returning in the highly acclaimed one-woman tour-de-force, Ann, based on the explosive life of former Texas Governor Ann Richards. Written by Emmy award-winner Holland Taylor, Ann is a no-holds-barred look at the indomitable woman whose complex and captivation ways changed Texas politics. Extended

By Ron Jones For sure, Bright Star, co-written by iconic comedian, Steve Martin and country composer, Edie Brickell, is a melodramatic musical. But don’t take it for face value! Not your grandma’s melodrama, the story is vivid and compelling, the music is highly tuneful, and its emotions are heart felt and real. Nothing is over

By Randall Jobe Dirt Dog Theatre Company’s production of The Exonerated is something different. Based on the true stories of six criminally convicted survivors of death row, interwoven stories move through first-person narrative and scenes set in courtrooms, bars and prisons. All reflect the criminal justice system and the inspiration that helped them survive, and

By Randall Jobe A HOUSTON WOMAN’S VISION Laura Moreno’s fascination with the theatre and movies was not about the make believe damsel-in-distress or the princess and her savior prince. Rather, early on, as a little Hispanic girl growing up in Houston, Texas, with unlimited access to the latest Hollywood and foreign films, courtesy of her

By Randall Jobe CatastrophicTheatre presents the world premiere of Leap and the Net Will Appear. Written by two-time Obie Award-winning playwright and director Craig Lucas and directed by Chana Porter, the story tells of Maggie, who was raised to be a good girl, but Maggie has a secret: The wants to be a lion. Original

Theatre Suburbia presents the regional premiere of C. P. Stancich’s Sherlock Holmes and the Spinsters of Blackmead, an exciting new look at Sherlock, his compatriots and all with a twist. Someone is murdering the women of Blackmead Manor, and the fiercely independent female academic community is reluctant to ask for help from outsiders. When Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are drawn into the case, they fi

By Randall Jobe CLASSICAL THEATRE COMPANY presents An Enemy of the People, Henrik Ibsen’s 1882 examination of the media and government corruption. John Johnston directs. Through February 25. 4617 Montrose Blvd. #100 Houston, 77006. Tickets: ClassicalTheatre.org. QUEENSBURY THEATRE presents Unlock’d, a modernish musical romance. It tells the story of Clarissa, a smart, passionate, young woman living in 18th century England who has reached the limit of her frustration

Beginning with the 2018-2019 season this summer, Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company (MU) will say goodbye to its longtime home in Spring Street Studios and move to Montrose, where The Classical Theatre Company has generously provided the company a new home in the Chelsea Market performance space. In addition to the move, MU will produce a